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Sheriff Mans disappearance suspicious

ALBANY, Ore. - The whereabouts of a man reported missing May 2 remain unknown, and the sheriff's office is now asking for the public's help locating him. The family of David Wayne Hultberg, 52, reported him missing after he didn't return home, according to Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller. The disappearance is being treated as suspicious. Anyone with information about ...
Man shot twice outside NE Portland apartment

PORTLAND, Ore. – Police are looking for a suspect after a man was shot twice outside a Northeast Portland apartment complex early Tuesday morning. Officers received a report of shots fired in ...
Naughty 9 banned from downtown Ashland

ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Nine people have been affected by a three-strikes-and-you're-out policy that prohibits repeat troublemakers from venturing into downtown ...
Utah Gov. Herbert rails against US Land management

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says his state does a better job than federal managers and has a bigger stake than the bureaucrats in protecting the natural resources and rugged beauty that drives Utah's outdoor recreation and tourism ...
Senior couldnt go to prom because ballroom had no wheelchair access

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. – A Lake Oswego High School senior couldn’t get into prom last weekend because the venue didn’t have wheelchair access. Adam Goeken uses a mechanized wheelchair. The prom was on the second floor of ...

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Over the Hedge

The computer-animated comedy Over the Hedge, which is being billed as the new movie from the creators of Shrek and Madagascar even though the only thing they have in common is the fact that they were all produced by DreamWorks (no, wait, co-director Tim Johnson g ... ...

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Plans for natural gas power plant at Kalama stall

LONGVIEW, Wash. — Plans for a $400 million natural gas-fueled power plant at Kalama are on hold after one of the partners dropped out of the project. Energy Northwest says it's looking for another company to replace Canada-based Veresen, which withdrew last month due to market conditions. The Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/10MepAQ) the uncertainty prompted Williams Northwest to ...
Who wants Monaco Coach now

The Monaco RV brand has been sold to Allied Specialty Vehicles. Monaco Coach, once a dominant name in Oregon manufacturing, continues to get tossed around. Truck maker Navistar International Corp. of Lisle, Ill., which bought the bankrupt Monaco Coach in 2009 for $47 million and eventually stopped producing the motorized coaches in Coburg, Ore., has sold the brand and the rest of its ...
3 Oregon timber counties seek tax hikes

Three Oregon timber counties are asking voters to raise taxes to restore deep cuts to law enforcement forced by the expiration of a longstanding federal ...
Decision time for Portland fluoridation

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Procrastinators dropped off their ballots Tuesday as Portlanders decided for the first time in more than 30 years whether to add fluoride to their drinking ...
Oregon Historical Societys Brian Carter is in heaven

Brian Carter, the Oregon Historical Society's new Director of Museum and Education, will preside over its comeback exhibit looking at the lives of U.S. presidents. "Windows on America" debuts June 15. Just three months after signing on with the Oregon Historical Society, Brian Carter gets to preside over the society's biggest exhibition in decades. On June 15, the society mounts ...

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New Malaria Drug Shows Promise in Animal Tests

ST. LOUIS, MO U.S. researchers have developed a new fast-acting drug against malaria that appears to avoid the problem with current medicines, which often lose their effectiveness against increasingly drug-resistant strains of malaria parasites, called Plasmodium.

Scientists say the new malaria medicine may have a decisive edge against this persistent tropical-world killer.

Michael Riscoe of Oregon Health and Science University, in the U.S. Northwest, says the new drug, known as ELQ-300, targets the mitochondria -- energy-producing structures in the parasite's cells -- and the DNA building blocks they produce.

A chemical model of ELQ-300. (Image courtesy of Michael Riscoe) x A chemical model of ELQ-300. (Image courtesy of Michael Riscoe) "So the Plasmodium mitochondrion serves as a factory to make these DNA building blocks, but this is completely blocked by ELQ-300," explains Riscoe. "Studies show that the drug acts very quickly to shut down this process. In fact, (in) only about 10 minutes.rdquo;

Perhaps the biggest obstacle in the fight against malaria, Riscoe adds, is the Plasmodium parasite's ability to mutate and develop resistance to each new drug used against the disease. ...